NYSIT Workforce Skills Assessment Survey Results Session

Last spring the NYSCIO's Office, the Governor's Office of Employee Relations and the Office for Technology conducted an IT Workforce Skills Assessment Survey which was administered by the Center for Technology in Government to help focus the training needs of the State IT Workforce.

The Forum's MATRIX Committee hosted a half day informational session on the results of this survey. The session was introduced by Mario Chiarello, MATRIX Committee Co-Chair. Frank Slade, Director of Information Technology Services at the Department of Civil Service provided a history and context for the skills assessment and use of its findings. Natalie Helbig, Skills Assessment Project Director at the Center for Technology in Government (CTG), provide an overview of the survey and summary information related to the survey findings. Onnolee Smith Director, Workforce and Organization Development Unit at GOER and Alan Lahoff, Training Specialist at PEF, provided an indication as to how the survey results are and will be used to inform and shape new GOER and PEFIT training programs.